GRE for me!

In a sudden turn of events- I spur-of-the-moment decided I am going to apply for both my CLS year-long program AND veterinary school for Fall 2012! May the best program win! By that I mean, may I please God get accepted to a vet school and not have to finish with the CLS major! haha But I remain firmly realistic that I will be promptly denied everywhere I apply at this point in time.

I have decided, a little late in the game, to try my hand at applying to veterinary school RIGHT NOW as I will be taking my final pre-reqs this year and will be eligible for Fall 2012. So I should have begun studying for the GRE and prepping applications months ago! I'm really just eager to get my first round of rejections out of the way when I still have other options to follow through on, and hopefully get a little feedback on my applications!

Further complicating my life is the fact that there will be a newly revised GRE that begins August 1st with results not available until November 8th. This is complicating because some of my Vet picks- such as UMN- need the results by October which means I MUST take the old version by July 31st. And yet again, further complicating this is that out of the 3 available test sites in ND-- only 1 had one day and one time available by the time I finished registering! (That site started with 2 days and 3 times--of which I tried to sign up for each of those prior to the one I got stuck with). I am officially registered to take my test in 10 days- July 19th at 9:00am in Bismarck! Assuming my boss will give me the day off haha Didn't really have a chance to ask...

In other news, I have managed to dip my toe back into the world of fitness: I have done Yoga once and Pilates once since my last post. Good start :) Can't jump straight in, still sore from the Yoga a few days ago!

I got mself a new phone as well: the Droid Charge. My first touch screen phone and smart phone! I am enjoying it so far. I managed my first evening to make a flub and email my calendar event of "Work :( " to my boss after she called me in to fill a few hours the next day since I am not actually in Colorado & am available to work. And on the subject of work, our Groomer has been let go due to showing up to work late (I'm talking hours late); they were given a final ultimatum and let go when they came in 4hours late yesterday. Luckily, we had just hired back a previous groomer about a week ago so that shouldn't cause any major scheduling headaches for us.

I also received the last bit of wardrobe for my Maid of Honor ensemble- a white sash to tie around my black dress. As if I didn't have enough to worry about in the next few months I am Maid of Honor for my best friend's wedding on November 19th! That entails rehearsals, throwing showers, bachelorette party, helping make invitations, decorate, etc... And the wedding is set for the 2nd day of my Thanksgiving break which means a week of midterms prior to it! YIKES! I am in for a rough ride this year...

Hopefully my GRE review books will get here by Monday so I can start cramming! It's a good thing only one school needs scores from the Old GRE, which will give me plenty of review time for a retake or 2 that I can send to all of my other picks and feel more comfortable with them.

And so begins the "Week of Productivity"!

Beginning today I have until the 14th off from my job at the doggy daycare. This time was originally requested off to take a road trip with my mom to Colorado to check out potential clinical sites to apply to this fall for my CLS major, and to also take a tour of CSU. This trip has fallen through, unfortunately, but I am going to seize this opportunity to be productive and get some things done I've been pushing off in my free time between shifts. I am now challenging myself to accomplish as many things in this time as possible!

Today I finally put in my air conditioner after a string of 95 degree days has crushed my basement apartment's ability to remain naturally cool. I have also continued researching the mess that is deciding between WICHE, residency, or contract for picking a vet school when you don't have one in your state- but that is a rant for another blog another day!

My present task is compiling my experience hours and accomplishments and the like from my past- quite the undertaking since my record keeping of these things has been a tad disorganized or incomplete... But looking at the outline reassures me that I can balance out my lower GPA.

Tomorrow I set out to return to my Yoga! I have done it on-and-off for the past 5 years or so (by that I mean 2-3 times in a month and then nothing for 6+ months) but this past Lent I opted to do Yoga 6 times a week instead of giving something up which is a far more challenging goal when you do this towards the end of a very busy spring semester and every minute is priceless! It went quite well, I met my goal, and I got to the point I couldn't imagine ever spending another week without a yoga practice; but then Finals week rolled around and ruined everything-as it tends to do and I was down to yoga just once a week. Then came a 10 day vacation to Maui where I still managed to do yoga 4 times, but upon my return home I jumped straight into work and good-bye yoga! I've only done one session since May, and that just won't do...

Let the games begin!